Thomas McElwee (30 November1957 - 8 August1981) was an Irish republicanhunger striker and member of the Provisional IRA. He was sent to prison in September 1977 and was invloved in the blanket protest. He joined the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike and died 62 days later. November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 31 days remaining, as the final day of November. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Irish Republicanism is the nationalist belief that all of Ireland should be a united independent republic. ... A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance in which participants fast as an act of political protest or to achieve a goal such as a policy change. ... The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) is a paramilitary group which aimed, through the use of violence, to achieve three goals: (i) British withdrawal from Ireland, (ii) the political unification of Ireland through the merger of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland , and (iii) the creation of an all... A mural in Derrys Bogside, commemorating Irish hunger strikers. ...
He was a cousin of fellow hunger striker Francis Hughes. Francis Hughes was an Official IRA, and later, Provisional IRA guerrilla who participated in dozens of attacks on British Army and Royal Ulster Constabulary targets. ...
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